Researchers Quietly Cracked Zeppelin Ransomware Keys

Peter is an IT manager for a technology manufacturer that got hit with a Russian ransomware strain called "Zeppelin" in May 2020. Hed been on the job less than six months, and because of the way his predecessor architected things, the companys data backups also were encrypted by Zeppelin. After t...

LockBit3.0: A Threat that Persists

LockBit3.0: A Threat that Persists By Alexandre Mundo · November 17, 2022 LockBit is a very well-known family of ransomware that has created havoc worldwide over the last few years. In March 2022, a new variant of the ransomware was discovered. The LockBit3.0 variant presented with a mix of...

LockBit3.0: A Threat that Persists

LockBit3.0: A Threat that Persists By Trellix · November 17, 2022 This blog was written by Alexandre Mundo LockBit is a very well-known family of ransomware that has created havoc worldwide over the last few years. In March 2022, a new variant of the ransomware was discovered. The LockBit3.0...

Over 15,000 WordPress Sites Compromised in Malicious SEO Campaign

A new malicious campaign has compromised over 15,000 WordPress websites in an attempt to redirect visitors to bogus Q&A portals. "These malicious redirects appear to be designed to increase the authority of the attacker's sites for search engines," Sucuri researcher Ben Martin said in a report...

What is an External Penetration Test?

A penetration test also known as a pentest is a security assessment that simulates the activities of real-world attackers to identify security holes in your IT systems or applications. The aim of the test is to understand what vulnerabilities you have, how they could be exploited, and what the...

PT-2022-34899 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux Kernel versions prior to v6.0.7 Description: The issue is related to an integer overflow in the sh css set black frame function. This problem was introduced in version v4.12 and is fixed in Linux Kernel version v6.0.7. The actual impact...

PT-2022-35212 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux Kernel versions prior to v5.15.77 Description: The issue is related to an integer overflow in the sh css set black frame function. This problem was introduced in version v4.12 and is fixed in Linux Kernel version v5.15.77. The actual...

Ransomware Black Basta uses tools related to FIN7

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Black Basta is deploying a ransomware payload by exploiting Microsoft flaws and using an Endpoint Detection and ResponseEDR defense evasion tool created by FIN7. Black Basta is a relatively new ransomwar...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from th...

ALSA-2022:7318 Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: posix cpu timer use-after-free may lead to local privilege escalation CVE-2022-2585 Unprivileged users may use PTRACESEIZE to set PTRACEOSUSPENDSECCOMP option CVE-2022-30594 For more details abou...

Quarterly Report: Incident Response Trends in Q3 2022

Ransomware and pre-ransomware engagements make up 40 percent of threats seen this quarter For the first time since compiling these reports, Cisco Talos Incident Response saw an equal number of ransomware and pre-ransomware engagements, making up nearly 40 percent of threats this quarter. It can b...

[NetScaler] Black Screen in launching ICA when enabling HDX Insight

Launching ICA through Citrix Gateway with HDX Insight enabled, you may see black screen issuerandomly for about 3040 seconds in the beginning of desktop view on Citrix Workspace App...

INTERPOL-led Operation Takes Down 'Black Axe' Cyber Crime Organization

The International Criminal Police Organization, also called the Interpol, has announced the arrests of 75 individuals as part of a coordinated global operation against an organized cyber crime syndicate called Black Axe. "'Black Axe' and other West African organized crime groups have developed...

Black Basta Ransomware Gang Infiltrates networks via QAKBOT, Brute Ratel, and Cobalt Strike

We analyzed a QAKBOT-related case leading to a Brute Ratel C4 and Cobalt Strike payload that can be attributed to the threat actors behind the Black Basta ransomware...

Black Basta Ransomware Gang Infiltrates Networks via QAKBOT, Brute Ratel, and Cobalt Strike

We analyzed a QAKBOT-related case leading to a Brute Ratel C4 and Cobalt Strike payload that can be attributed to the threat actors behind the Black Basta ransomware...

Why we all Need a Password Manager

What is a password manager? A password manager helps users create unique and complex passwords and store them in an encrypted fashion, meaning each website, application, or program that needs login information can use a more secure string of characters, letters, and symbols. Users don’t have to...

Ransomware review: September 2022

Malwarebytes Threat Intelligence builds a monthly picture of ransomware activity by monitoring the information published by ransomware gangs on their Dark Web leak sites. This information represents victims who were successfully attacked but opted not to pay a ransom. This article is also availab...

ZINC weaponizing open-source software

In recent months, Microsoft has detected a wide range of social engineering campaigns using weaponized legitimate open-source software by an actor we track as ZINC. Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center MSTIC observed activity targeting employees in organizations across multiple industries includi...

ZINC weaponizing open-source software

In recent months, Microsoft has detected a wide range of social engineering campaigns using weaponized legitimate open-source software by an actor we track as ZINC. Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center MSTIC observed activity targeting employees in organizations across multiple industries includi...

black-dolphin.com Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-2946171

Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...